Fill a spray bottle with warm water.
Make marbled paper food colouring.
The process is fascinating and really easy.
It s messy but worth it.
Add 2 tablespoons of alum and mix well.
This time at 10 and 11 they really understood the science behind the activity and rather than it just being a fun activity it reinforced learning.
Let the mixture cool and spray a thin layer onto your cotton paper.
You can experiment with all kinds of color combinations and patterns to create one of a kind pieces of art.
Replace with a fresh batch of white shaving foam.
It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have.
If you decide to do this with your kids choose the shaving cream and food color method as it is safest.
11 make more marbled prints.
You have to try this awesome technique.
How to make rainbow milk marbled paper art i have done this milk fireworks activity with the boys a number of times but never with the extension activity of marbling the paper.
Hang the paper up to dry.
You can do the same kind if thing with food coloring shaving cream and paper.
This applies to science because the polarity of shaving cream keeps it from bonding with the food coloring leaving an interesting marbled effect.
Once dry the paper will be permanently marbled.
You simply press a piece of paper into shaving cream swirled with liquid watercolours and the colours and patterns are transferred to the paper making it look marbleized.
We will be making homemade holiday cards and birthday cards using this rea.
This might be a but too much fit little kids though.
Making marbled paper is a great activity for you to do with your kids.
We still love marbling paper with shaving cream but the effect is completely different with oil.
Diy marbleized paper that is fun and easy.
How to make marbled paper.
Once the starch surface is looking mostly clear.
Continue reusing the foam until the color gets too dark or muddy.
Same as putting food coloring and then oil in a bottle.
The colored foam layer will add a background color to your marbled prints.
Create a new decoration.
It is creative and easy so they can participate and get engaged.
Repeat with several additional sheets of paper.
Marbling with oil and food coloring is beautiful.
Make sure to mark the side that you sprayed because it can be hard to tell once it s dried.
Make marbled prints following steps 3 to 8.
All it takes is an afternoon and a few supplies that you may already have in your home.
Lay flat to dry.
First prep your paper.
Hang the paper over a clothesline or drying rack colored side up.